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Bean'rehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03152395256559671922noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753708428627598818.post-43296029308302637222023-11-20T17:53:00.000-05:002023-11-20T17:53:26.258-05:00Conquering The Dalton Hwy on a Chopper <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As I headed north from Pleiku, the sights didn't disappoint but still they got even better.</div>
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This was my view in the morning from my hotel window. I knew by noon, I'd be in those mountains in the distance.</div>
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I rode through Kon Tim.</div>
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And was soon at the beginning of the Ho Chi Mihn Trail. This road has to be my favorite in all my travels.</div>
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The sights are incredible!</div>
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And even though The Ho Chi Mihn Trail is all paved, there's still plenty of detours to explore.</div>
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This had to be the sketchiest bridge I've ever been across! </div>
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But this is where you really get to see the locals, far from where the tour busses go.</div>
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And after a little maintenance from a roadside shop, I'm ready for tomorrow. I really hope you get to experience this.</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Who would like to go to Asia and have me there waiting for them at the airport and serve as their personal tour guide? Vietnam? Laos? Cambodia?</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First off, every tour will be designed specifically for the client. There will be no other people in the tour unless the client wants to bring others. This will give me the ability to give one on one guidance and support. It will also allow me to change directions at the clients benefit without having to take others into considerati<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">on. </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My trips don't have itineraries. If you want that, take a cruise where they will tell you when to eat, sleep and get on and off the ship. This allows us to stay in the fun zone. We don't have to hurry off to the next leg because we have to be somewhere else next. We can work around any obstacle and most of the times, use adversity as a bonus.</span></b><br />
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On the way to Mexico, my chopper's engine began spewing oil out the air breather. I added more oil but it rapidly got worse and almost immediately emptied the oil tank. I hauled my motorcycle back 400 miles to <a href="http://www.accurate-engineering.com/">Accurate Engineering</a> in Dothan Alabama where my good friend, Berry Wardlaw agreed to give me a hand. As we pulled the engine apart, I found the culprit was a hole in the piston caused by an intake leak and incorrect timing. What I wasn't expecting was to see how well everything was performing in my motor. With over 120,000 miles on many of the parts in my engine, everything was doing very well until the piston failure. All my Feuling products, high volume oil pump, cam plate, Reaper cams, adjustable pushrods and Bee Hive valve springs, all only showe3d signs of normal wear. Anyone that knows me, knows that I ride my motorcycle anything BUT normal. I have ridden thousands of miles on dirt and gravel roads. I even rode 1000+ mile up and back down the Dalton Highway AKA The Haul Road AKA The Ice Road Truckers Road. I have also drag raced it at Rockingham and at Sturgis Dragway on numerous occasions.<br />
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AH1 is the coastal highway of Vietnam. It isn't the most scenic and it is usually flat and straight. There are many trucks and buses and the speed is fast so it is incredibly dangerous. I was on it it make some time when I came across a tunnel that motorcycles were not allowed on. It detoured all bikes up and over the mountain then around some more, all with excellent views of the China Sea.<br />
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And when the road came back down, I was on the beach of Da Nang<br />
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If you look closely at the top left, you will see The Bodhisattva of Mercy<br />
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Just one of the days that I have spent getting lost in Vietnam<br />
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The views were spectacular everywhere I looked!<br />
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I was using a map app on my smart phone and I decided to take a short cut.<br />
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I rode down the "shortcut" for hours<br />
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I didn't question it too much as the views were getting better and better<br />
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Then as I came around the corner, the road went straight into a lake. It looked like a boat ramp. I was forced to back track adding another several hours to the days ride.<br />
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When I finally got near my destination, I came across the reason my shortcut was underwater. The entire valley had been flooded by a powerplant dam. It wasn't my plan but sometimes life has a much better ideas than I do.</div>
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Bean'rehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03152395256559671922noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753708428627598818.post-74019113190545127122018-11-29T08:02:00.001-05:002018-11-29T08:02:08.516-05:00Bad choice makes excellent adventure<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I knew my choice for route was risky at best. It really was a bad choice but I kept going even when I was advised to go back by locals. From the very start, the roads weren't roads, they were trails and they cris-crossed without any markings so I went down several before turning around.<br />
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This was the map I was using. I went from Krong Stung Treng up Highway 7 to Nakasong at The Cambodian/Laos border. Loas would not let in my Vietnamese licensed Motorcycle. I had to go all the way back to where I started and take 78 to the Cambodia/ Vietnam border. I remember seeing a sign for Siem Pang. This map looks like it has a good highway going towards 78. I rode hours to get there and kept thinking the dirt road would get better. When I finally got there, I found out that there was no road. Still I thought how bad could it be?<br />
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I should also add that by now, it was around 1 in the afternoon. I needed to get through here by dark or find a hotel along the way.<br />
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The road got worse and worse. There was also very little out there. No stores, restaurants or hotels that I could see. I knew that it was looking bad.<br />
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Even when the road ( trail) looked good, there was patches of deep, soft sand in the ruts. They took me down many times.<br />
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There was also 4 river crossings that I had to use ferries to get across. My map only showed 2 so I thought when I got to the second, it was over.<br />
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As night fall rapidly approached I tried picking up my speed by that was a big mistake. It made for faster crashes and they were taking a toll on me. I had to improvise with a plan B when I really didn't have a plan B. I was going to be sleeping out here somewhere and it was time to take some more chances.<br />
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I had seen a few of these house along the way and they looked unoccupied. When I came across this one at nightfall, I pulled in. The enclosed part was padlocked but I could easily sleep on the "patio".<br />
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They were all elevated and I thought that was move than just for flooding. I figured maybe snakes and things would have a harder time getting me.<br />
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I threw some hay down to comfort the hard wood floors and then got out my one sheet that I had brought along. I also had an airline blanket but my motorcycle chain ate it in Nepal when it feel out of my bag. It was hot enough that I really didn't even need the sheet. We did get a rain shower in the middle of the night but it didn't cool things much. I awoke to a herd of water buffalo rummaging around the shack. They even rubbed up against the posts and shook the house. I was worried they were going to trample my bike. I turned on my phone to take a picture and the light from just that spooked them and they scattered. I was glad I was up high.<br />
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I was up before dawn and just waited for enough light to take off. I made it to pavement in a couple more hours ( and another ferry ride). The bike did good. Just broken blinkers, blown fork seals, bent handlebars, a stretched, loose and dry chain that kept coming off and bent pegs.<br />
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The bike got me back across the border to Vietnam and to the big town of Pleiku only to have a flat tire when I arrived. A nail was sticking out of it. No complaints here though, just another adventure.<br />
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Found a shop and ready for the next adventure!</div>
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When I got to Cambodia, I thought the foods would be what the locals eat. Like this fish vendor who pulled up on his bike and tried to sell me some fish.<br />
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I had to pass but not before taking a picture. I like sushi but this is too much for me.<br />
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Ducks are cooked whole with the heads and necks still on<br />
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But I did find a lot of fried chicken and it was very good<br />
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They have plenty of fruit as you can see<br />
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My favorite is whole pineapples, 2 for a dollar-<br />
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Of course, you can always find the treat of raw sugar cane. Here is a mobile vendor-<br />
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And once I made it to Phnom Penh, the capitol of Cambodia, food became plentiful and I was able to get tasty westerners food. I thought it was some of the best of any foreign country.<br />
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Take for instance my breakfast of strawberry waffles with ice cream and a caramel mocha frappe<br />
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I bought my motorcycle and took off. My bike may be loaded down but not as much as this garbage barge. See, this is a REAL garbage truck, Cambodia style. One of the many things you see every second of your travels. That is why I like doing this.<br />
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This is what my bike looks like. Like my last trip here, I bought another Honda Win only instead of 100cc, this is a 110cc. It has a slipping clutch though, just like the other. I am beginning to wonder if it is the clutch or just my man size plus my luggage weight dragging the clutch down.<br />
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I packed my bike down in Saigon and took off for my first day travelling, getting a late start of afternoon. I rode all the way to the Cambodian border. Last trip my entry was denied due to the fact that my motorcycle was Vietnamese licensed . This time I hired a "broker" and paid bribes. I also notice that I don't interact well with government officials, lol. I defiantly benefited from the help of my "broker" though it cost me about 15 dollars extra. I wanted to get a photo of the sign but Cambodia has a different alphabet so I couldn't read anything. </div>
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What is really cool is the bikes and stuff they ride. It is for a purpose so the get the max out of everything, as you see in this 5th wheel "garbage truck"</div>
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Or how about this AC repair "truck"</div>
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It can carry everything from tanks of Freon to whole air conditioners and compressors</div>
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But my favorite is still the oldies</div>
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Stay tuned for more. I'm heading to Phnon Penh now and see how I like the big cities of Cambodia.</div>
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Bean'rehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03152395256559671922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753708428627598818.post-79962766367011896582018-10-11T12:12:00.001-04:002018-10-11T12:12:53.271-04:00More Friends supporting Share the Wind<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Recently some good friends made a donation to my Share the Wind program that enables young children to get their first taste of the wind. Gerlinde McCurry, Richard Restall and Matthew Obrien from Greasy Creek Farms had this ATC 70 Honda since purchased new in the mid 80s. They haven't used it in years and decided to offer it to me to offer some rides at events like <a href="https://www.motorcyclesandmusic.com/">The Tennessee Motorcycles and Music.</a><br />
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At The TMMR we offer clinics to increase riders skills on a small dirt track. The skill levels are from children's beginners to adult pros. We offer this free of charge. We also supply mini bikes, mini cycles and even some of our personal motorcycles. Now we even have this ATC 70 for the kids that are too young for 2 wheelers. In first gear, the speed is slow enough for them to buzz around the track safely as if they were on one of their electric ride on toys but they get to hear their motor roar like the big kids.<br />
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Here you see " Danger Dan" taking his 3 year old for a ride on the ATC. His boy thought he wasn't ready for his first solo ride so Dan sat on the back to add moral support.<br />
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As soon as they started rolling, Dan stepped up and off and the little guy rode all the way around the circle track before he realized he was riding solo.<br />
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I can't thank enough, the people that help out and make the Mayor of Fun's job bigger and better every year. Thank You and I hope to see you around very soon! <br />
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> Alaska by motorcycle is one of the most challenging rides one can</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">do. This would be the third time I've ridden to Alaska.But even for</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">this challenging trip, I was raising the bar higher. Higher in fact</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">than anyone has ever done. I was going to ride a chopper all the way</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">north to Prudehoe Bay, Alaska.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> Prudehoe Bay is the most northern road on the globe. There are more</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">northern cities (or should I say villages), like Nome, Alaska but they</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">are only accessible by plane. Prudehoe Bay is over 500 miles north of</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">Fairbanks and sits on the coast of The Arctic Ocean. Previously,</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">Fairbanks was as far north as I have ever ridden. They say of all the</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">tourists that have ever been to Alaska, only 1% of them make it north</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">of Fairbanks.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> The highway going north is called The Dalton Highway. Alaskan State</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">road 11. It was built as a service road for the Alaskan Pipeline which</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">runs right beside it the entire way. It is also called "The Haul Road"</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">made famous by the TV show "Ice Road Truckers." It wasn't even open to</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">the public for most of it's life ( built in 1973) and still today, the</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">big 18 wheelers running supplies up and down it,have the right of way.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">Every year more and more motorcycles attempt to make the journey but</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">usually they are riding </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">dual sport bikes. Basically these are dirt bikes that adapted for the</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">highways. I was going to do it on my bike, a chopper. </span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> I built my bike 4 years ago. It is built on a highly modified,</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">Twincam bagger frame. It is 10 inches up in the down tubes, 5 inches</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">out in the back bone, a 12 inch over front end and rolls a 23 inch Renegade</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">front wheel. I also dropped the frame in the seat area 3 inches but</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">kept the full stock suspension. The most noticeable change is the</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">twisted and knotted, two into one downtubes I did with Ron Finch. This</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">has proven to be a great highway chopper as I have put over 160,000</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">miles on it already. The road to Alaska isn't like any highways that</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">we ride on in the lower 48.. Just in northern Canada alone, the</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">highways are too challenging for most. If changing from asphalt to</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">gravel without warning isn't enough, there is "frost heaves" which act</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">as ramps that will launch rider and motorcycle into the air making you</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">feel like an X-Game rider.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> I left South Carolina the end of June and 3 weeks of hard riding</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">put me in Fairbanks, Alaska. That was an epic story too but I'll save</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">that for my next book as I have to condense this adventure to fit in a</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">magazine. I could have easily turned around from there, just as I had</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">done in 1998, but I wanted to truly have an adventure like no other.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> I had arrived in Fairbanks at around 5pm. This would have concluded</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">the day on any other trip as It was the major town and would make an</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">excellent starting point for the next day, refreshed and well rested.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">But this was </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">Alaska. In the Summer, it has a "day" that last 64 days long. That is,</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">even though the sun goes down at 12:30am and comes back up at 4:30am,</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">it never gets dark. This throws off everything. Sleeping ( or trying</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">to) in a tent doesn't help. Bear attacks were at an all time high and</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">every news that I heard reminded me of that fact. Sleep deprivation</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">was making me make some bad decisions. Luckily I am highly</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> I ate dinner in Fairbanks and decided to ride on till I got tired</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">then would pull over on the side of the road and camp. I was a lot</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">more tired than I realized. I left with a half a tank of fuel</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">knowing there was one more fuel stop before The Dalton Highway. I must</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">have been day dreaming because the next thing knew, I had missed it</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">and was now 90 miles north at the start of The Dalton Highway. There</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">was NOTHING out here, not even a home to walk up to and beg for gas. I</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">was on reserve and didn't have but a handful of miles left when I</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">flagged down 2 dual sports heading south. I knew dual sport riders are</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">like boy scouts- they are always prepared. They couldn't believe first</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">that I was taking a chopper north and second that I wasn't even</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">carrying extra gas. This was the easy leg of the trip and I was</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">already failing. The more north you go, the more a mistake like this</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">can cost you your life. For this reason, one of the riders acted like</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">he didn't want to give me his extra gas just because he was helping</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">aid someone that was already in over his head. It didn't help that I</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">was laughing about it. He didn't know that I was Bean're, and my pure</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">luck has gotten me very far. I thanked them and since they wouldn't</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">take money, I gave them a sticker. The next gas stop was 60 miles</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">away. I got there on fumes.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> Gassing up and going again, it was now around 10pm. To me it felt</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">about noon so I continued riding. It was totally remote so you don't</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">pass up anything. I saw a sign for " Hot Spot". I thought it was an</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">internet cafe. I should have known better as there is no phone</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">reception, much less internet anywhere out here. It turned out to be a</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">truck stop where I met my first</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">ice road truckers. I felt as welcomed as a turd in a punch bowl.I</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">nooded in some of their directions but only got stares back so I kept</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">to myself. </span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">Nothing was indoor but the kitchen so we all sat at picnic tables</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">outside. I sat away from everyone and minded my own business. I ate</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">the house special- a 3/4 pound jalapeno burger with a vanilla milk</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">shake. Yea, I told you I was a veteran at making bad decisions. During</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">my meal, one of the people in the kitchen walked outside and unloaded</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">a full 30 round clip of what sounded like a 223 rifle. No one acted</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">like this was anything out of the ordinary so I played along and just</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">kept eating.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> I was anxious to get out of there alive so I finished and got back</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">on the road. I was about 75 miles from the Arctic Circle. It was after</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">midnight and as I rode, it became darker and darker. This was odd I</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">thought and didn't understand why when suddenly, lightning flashed and</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">I knew it was going to be bad. Sometimes I pull over and other times,</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">I blast through storms. Here I was riding a gravel road and decided to</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">blast through it. That was until the skies opened up. I couldn't see</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">anything and the road quickly turned to muddy gravel so I stopped on</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">the side of the road and pitched my tent as fast as I could. I got</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">inside and out of my wet clothes but it was</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">still pouring hard. I decided this would help me sleep and not worry</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">about bear and it actually did, for awhile. The rain stopped about 2</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">hours later and now that the clouds rolled away, it was light out</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">again. I tried to go back to sleep but every noise made me think about</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">bears eating me so after about 30 minutes of tossing and turning, I</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> I made one stop at the Arctic Circle sign, took some pictures then</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">road another 85 miles to the last stop for anything, Coldfoot. It had</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">a gas station, restaurant and hotel, all rolled into one. There was</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">one other building, a welcome center, but I didn't see it. I had the</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">breakfast buffet and it was phenomenal! You see, the couple of</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">restaurants they have up here on the haul road, are all for the oil</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">workers and everyone associated with the pipeline. They eat good and</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">the few scraggeling tourists that wander through here get to eat the</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">same. I stuffed myself and also drank 20 cups of coffee. I was jacked</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">up on caffeine and felt like a spider monkey on Mountain Dew. This was</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">the last stop until Deadhorse, the work town beside Prudehoe Bay. I</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">had 238 miles to go and NOTHING in between. With my full 6 gallon gas</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">tank, I still needed 2 gallons of fuel so I rummaged in the dumpsters</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">and came up with 2 one gallon water bottles. They fit perfectly in my</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">saddle bags. I liked protecting them because I knew if anything</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">happened to them, I would be stranded in the middle of the Arctic</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">waiting for the next hungry polar bear. Off I rode.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> I had to constantly be on the lookout for road hazards anywhere</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">from rocks, erosion and wildlife but also from the tractor trailers</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">coming and going. The highways isn't really wide enough for two</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">vehicles to pass in most areas so I had to get close to the edge when</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">trucks would come in the opposite direction. When they came from</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">behind me, it was best to let them pass because they could roll at 70</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">most of the time. I didn't need the pressure of one of them behind me</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">either and they didn't slow down for the gravel turns like I needed</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">to. They kicked up so much dust, it would be zero visibility for what</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">seemed liked forever.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> This road was a true wilderness path. Very few eyes have laid upon</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">it. I saw wildlife everywhere I looked. They say that every year, more</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">caribou walk it than people drive it. It was an visual adventure every</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">mile but it drug on and on. The</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">caffeine wore off first then the lack of sleep kicked in. I started</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">dozing at first followed by nods that turned into dreams and abrupted</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">wakings with near fatal accidents. I had to pull over and take a nap</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">but anytime I stopped up here, the flies and mosquitoes would swarm</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">and were so thick that I would actually choke on them. I know what I</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">had to do so I pulled over and dug through my luggage for my tent and</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">just like the storm I encountered, I once again rushed to pitch my</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">tent as fast as possible.. I then just unzipped the bottom and slid</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">under the door in an effort to pull the 1000's of eating insects off</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">of me and keep them outside the tent. I then stripped down into my</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">underwear and slept with the sun beating down. I was like a sweaty</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">piece of bacon but I got about 4 hours of rest. The best I had had in</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">days and I also was so exhausted that I never once worried about bear.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">This was also a turning point because from here on out, bear crossed</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">my mind but I never let it bother my sleep. If it was going to happen,</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">it wouldn't matter if a was awake or asleep.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> Back on the road, the conditions started getting worse and worse. I</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">was already pass the point of no return though as once beyond the</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">halfway point, I only had enough fuel to get to the end and not enough</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">to turn around and get back. Speed was greatly reduced too as before I</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">could ride 70 mph on gravel. Now it was 45 mph dodging potholes and even a</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">crawl in other spots. One of the hundreds of rocks that flew up and</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">battered the undercarriage of my bike, pinched my rear brake line</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">rear brakes and only hoped to fix them once I got to Deadhorse. I</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">to return to Fairbanks, I would again, only have front brakes. Try</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">riding a long front end chopper in gravel up and down mountains with</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">get to Prudehoe Bay. Every time I would succeed in making it past one,</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">there would be a different one a few miles on. From deep soft mud to</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">ends". 30 feet later was another that said "welcome to Deadhorse" I ran</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">brakes but I knew I could. I could do anything after all, I had just</span><br />
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Bean'rehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03152395256559671922noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753708428627598818.post-78797857235497428672018-08-12T15:16:00.000-04:002018-08-12T15:16:35.629-04:00You can have me WITH or WITHOUT<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Leave it to me to be involved in controversy. This year for Sturgis, <a href="http://www.uhlstudios.com/">David Uhl</a> painted me in the continuing saga of The Iron Horse Heist. It seemed that there was some negative feedback that I was naked in the horse trough so David repainted me with long johns on. The cool thing is David is going to offer BOTH paintings, your choice. Now like all David's Sturgis editions, after the rally, the price goes up. This is the cheapest you will ever be able to get this print so reserve your print today. Just email Greg at <a href="http://greg@uhlstudios.com/"> greg@uhlstudios.com</a> . Don't forget to specify which print you like.<br />
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This is Iron Horse Heist. It has sold out. Don't wait for my other prints to sell out. </div>
Bean'rehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03152395256559671922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753708428627598818.post-56231104599045120362018-07-15T18:50:00.000-04:002018-07-15T18:50:08.579-04:00Some plans aren't suppose to work out<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This past weekend, I had a plan. I was going to take a 400 mile ride, visit some folks in Tennessee and then turn around and ride back. I decided to take care of some business by trying to making it to Tennessee before business hours ended so that I could renew my expired tags. I go through this every year just like last year at this time, I was riding around on expired tags in Canada. Well the good news is that I made the 390 miles ride to my legal home in Tennessee at 4 pm and was able to get my new tags. Bad news was this threw me off schedule for meeting friends.<br />
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The next day, I got up at 7am but had to ride back roads 50 miles to meet up with friends again. Of course I was later so they left. I back tracked the same way I had came and 50 miles later, caught up with them at Tellico Plains. This is one of my favorite rides in Tennessee. It is the Cherohala Skyway. It was cool riding with them along this route. We climbed higher and higher till we were on a chilly mountain in the rain clouds. About the time it was looking like we were going to get wet, we descended back down and made our way to Deals Gap.<br />
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Now I've been there plenty of times and I always enjoy it but a busy weekend in the Summer can get a little crowded to me. After taking a break, my friends were riding back to Knoxville but I decided to go the opposite direction and ride east towards Maggie Valley.<br />
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I almost made it to see my friends at Wheels through Time but then I got sidetracked again. I rode along the Nanahala National Forest and heading towards Tennessee again. I thought I might check out some friends at one of the many white water rafting companies on The Ocoee River. As I was riding through Murphy, NC, I remembered a back road that was a gravel goat trail over the mountain range and into Tennessee. I took this last year but only got turned around by Federal officials who had it quarantined due to what they said was a military fighter jet crashing months before. I guess part of me missing the Alaskan gravel road up to Prudehoe Bay last year, got me wanting to do more gravel. This was only 30 or 40 miles of gravel though, nothing like The Dalton Hwy ( Ice Road Truckers Road). Still, I seriously doubt that anyone would want to ride their Harley across it, much less a chopper.<br />
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It turned out to be a lot rougher than last year. There was more ruts, washouts from all the rain they were having and the overgrowth made the single lane road even more narrow. The dirt bike riders that passed me, gave me a huge thumbs up and I could tell, they don't see many Harleys on this road. I continued on and was looking forward to learning where this road came out at. Turns out that it is what I thought, coming from the other direction, was a dead end into the Cherokee National forest for camp</div>
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I ended up riding right up until dark, basically from dawn till dusk. I ate my favorite dinner of a 7 pepper, pan seared, ribeye steak at <a href="http://www.tellicafe.com/">The Tellicafe</a> in Tellico Plains. Man, that is a good steak. I turned out to be more tired then I knew because after that, instead of meeting up with friends for festivities, I rolled my sleeping bag out and didn't wake to the sun came up. Now just a short 390 mile ride and I'll be back on the coast of South Carolina</div>
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Bean'rehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03152395256559671922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753708428627598818.post-47292284592944167582018-05-21T11:19:00.000-04:002018-05-21T12:01:49.585-04:00Another Dream Come True<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Years ago, I purchased this 1967 Honda Dream 305. I remember them as a kid and always thought they were ultra cool. It set in my parents garage, waiting patiently to be resurrected. Finally, I hauled the bike to Summerville, South Carolina, where long time friend Darren of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hawk_bros_cycle/">Hawk Bros Cycles</a> would help me get it going.<br />
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Turned out that it need more than gas and spark plugs, having sat for over 44 years. Darren and his man Johnny did most of the real work. I polished, cleaned and touched up paint and together we got the old girl running again.<br />
This opened up some new ideas for what I was going to do with it. Being called a " Dream", I started dreaming. I came up with it would be a perfect adventure bike for riding to South America. As I got closer to finishing this bike, I was already reconsidering because that sort of trip could end abruptly with a chance of having to leave my ride behind. I was already developing a bond to the bike and didn't want to just walk away from it.<br />
The next important step was for a shakedown run. I needed to take it for a long ride to test out my theory on just how road worthy my 1967 Dream was. An upcoming run was <a href="http://thegreasydozen.com/">The Greasy Dozen Run</a> .<br />
It is in Central Ohio so one day after we got the Dream running, I threw it in the back of a truck and hauled it back to my parents in Louisville, Ky. There I would ride it on what I thought would be an easy 200 mile ride up to <a href="http://thegreasydozen.com/">The Greasy Dozen Run</a>.<br />
Right off the bat, I knew I was in over my head. The little bike is way under powered and hopes of running highway speeds were soon abolished. Within 20 miles, the little 305cc motor acted like it wanted to seize after running along at 55 mph. I backed it down to 45 and the scenery slowly passed me by, bring back flashbacks of my cross country mini bike ride. Even on the back roads, cars would fly by me dangerously close. I went through every little town and every single street light too. The back roads added another 50 miles and made it even more time consuming. as if this wasn't enough, Summer rainstorms were in the forecast.<br />
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The showers came and went all day as I putted along till finally in Florence, Ky, they settled in to a nonstop deluge. I called it a night and got a motel in Florence, Kentucky, barely 100 miles from my starting point after a long and hard 4 hour ride.<br />
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The next day proved to be much of the same, hard riding, slow going, and off and on rain showers. I was fighting a chill and didn't have a coat so I pulled in a Salvation Army store and grabbed a sweatshirt. While standing at the counter to pay for it, I looked out the window to see it was now down pouring. I put the sweatshirt back, went into the restroom and stole the plastic garbage bag out of the bin to make me a rain suit. It was took the chill off just fine.<br />
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It became obvious that even if I got to the starting point of the ride ( Columbus, Ohio) I wouldn't be able to keep up. Plus they were riding the scenic back roads of Ohio and those were the very same roads that I was already riding. I opted to head straight for the finish line which is a remote farm in Peebles, Ohio. I got there and pitched my tent first, just in time for another rain shower but that made for a nice nap inside. When I woke, like mushrooms, tents were popping up everywhere.<br />
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I had finally made it and the reality of my dream was setting in. This little bike is cool ( cool enough to win the Best Jap Bike category of the ride) but no cross country rider, much less a cross Continent bike. I would have to dream another dream. Now this is the best part.<br />
Brother Speed always told me, " The Harley God giveth and the Harley God taketh away." My dream of riding this motorcycle to South America was taken away but at 1 am, around that campfire, in a small farm in remote Ohio, Bear with <a href="http://oldbikebarn.com/">Old Bike Barn</a>, did the epic giveaway- a 2 week motorcycle tour in the Himalayan Mountains! And wouldn't you know it, the Harley God giveth, and my number was pulled from the raffle helmet! I'm now making plans for my next adventure!!!!!!!<br />
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And here is a small video of theirs that explains just a fraction of what I'll be doing over there with them!<br />
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Bean'rehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03152395256559671922noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753708428627598818.post-85021355564436116962017-08-14T17:56:00.001-04:002017-08-18T15:18:28.141-04:00Part one, part two and part 3 of my hike out to The Magic Bus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is Part one of my footage I compiled of my self recorded trip I made to Alexander Supertramp's resting place, The Magic Bus I'm working on the second part of this video but till then I hope you enjoy watching this. At least your feet will stay a lot dryer than mine did.<br />
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This is the second part of the trip or day 2.<br />
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This is part three that includes a night at the bus and the two day hike back to my motorcycle that was left parked at the end of Stampede Trail.<br />
The video below is the river crossing that basically took place in between these two videos.<br />
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The river crossing over. It went bad but could have easily been much worse.<br />
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Bean'rehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03152395256559671922noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753708428627598818.post-73835659337335972642017-08-02T03:49:00.002-04:002017-08-02T03:49:47.450-04:00Looks like I'm trailering my bike to Sturgis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After crossing back across the border into Montana today I pulled over for this picture of my bike today. I then restarted my bike and began to head south to Sturgis. About 50 miles later, the engine suddenly died at 80mph. I tried to restart it but the starter was dead. I pulled over and checked the lights and they were as dim as could be. I was in the middle of no where and I had a dead battery. I disconnected my headlight to lessen the volts being used and tried to push start it. After about 20 tries, I got it started for about 2 seconds. This was bad. Real bad. The battery was also really hot and had acid seeping out the top even though it is a sealed cell battery. I made a couple of phone calls, including my friend Frank Kaelin at Kaelin's Custom Cycle in Louisville. He answered the phone saying he knew I was having problems- that's only when I call. Just as I'm trying to get some over the phone advice, a group of bikes passed by. They gave me the thumbs up and I gave them the thumbs down as they went by. After about a half of mile, they pulled over. They then turned around ( all 6 bikes) and rode back up the interstate to where I was pulled over. One of the riders looked at my bike and swore, " I don't believe it. It's f*ckin' Bean're". I knew this was a very good sign.<br />
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I started telling them what my problem was and the next thing I know is they had an ace mechanic named Hillbilly riding with them. He dove in with his knowledge and also a multi-meter and started figuring out I had some major electrical issues besides a dead battery. That was why it wouldn't push start.<br />
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I got to talk and tell stories while he continued to work on my bike. He found a dead short that turned out to be my voltage regulator and possibly it took out the battery and stator too. They explained they were from Alberta, Canada and were doing their annual Sturgis run. This time they were doing it all on Shovelheads. And THIS is where the story gets even better. They had a chase truck with another Shovelhead in it. They said I could put my bike in the trailer and ride the Shovel. So just like that, my good luck turned and ugly situation into an awesome adventure. I'm riding a cool Shovelhead the next 550 miles to Sturgis even though my bike is getting trailered.<br />
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So now I'm back in the wind, running with the pack.<br />
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Do you think it is possible for a guy to be any luckier? See ya in Sturgis!!!!!!!!<br />
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Bean'rehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03152395256559671922noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753708428627598818.post-41608681341692902542017-07-30T13:52:00.002-04:002017-07-30T13:52:57.181-04:00Finishing the ultimate vacation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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With 30 days on the road this July, it all seems like a dream. A really, really good dream!<br />
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I really enjoy meeting people in my travels but this trip seemed to be about Mother Nature and all her glory<br />
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I saw so much wild life. everywhere I looked was bears.<br />
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and not just black bears.<br />
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This made for exciting camping but I don't share my sushi, even if it is salmon.<br />
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This caribou stopped and posed for me before continuing to walk under the Alaska Pipeline<br />
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I also have tons of video footage that I filmed and when I get a chance to edit it, I'll pass it along here.<br />
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Like my visit with Yukon Jeremy and his wonderful mom and my visit by boat, up the Yukon River to their home off the grid.<br />
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And of course, all my video of a little bit of what it was like to hike for 4 days, 42 miles "into the Wild" and see the Magic Bus.<br />
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Till then, I'll keep showing people that choppers were made to be ridden.<br />
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All the way to The Arctic Circle and BACK!</div>
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Hiking 42 miles total in 4 days through some very tough terrain to see the REAL bus that was in the book and movie - "Into The Wild".<br />
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Most of the trail was wet and muddy to say the least. This was just one of the beaver dams that flooded so much of the trail too.<br />
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But the views were spectacular and I'm sure very few people have struggled to get out here to see this. The trail with mid and thawed tundra, ruts and fallen trees not to mention the two rivers makes it near impassible even for off road utility vehicles.<br />
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This was a lot farther down than it appears.<br />
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But the harder the trail got, the better the views became<br />
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Camping 3 of the four nights but only 1 night did I sleep in the tent.<br />
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One night was in the ground in my sleeping bag<br />
even after I found this bear track outside of my first night camping area and I know it wasn't there the day before. I think my snoring probably attracted it.<br />
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And one night was on the bus in the actual bed where they found Christopher McCandless aka Alexander Supertramp<br />
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This headstone is located at the door of the bus as you go in.<br />
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And the inside of the bus is signed with visitors from all around the world that have been touched by his story. Even his sister has signed the walls and visited here 3 times as the dates show.<br />
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So was it worth it for me? YES, it was on so many different levels. As I sit and write this, every muscles is screaming, I'm drinking tons of fluids and eating real meals instead of campfire food- and needing about a weeks worth of rest. But no time for that. I'm off on my next adventure<br />
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Bean'rehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03152395256559671922noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753708428627598818.post-44161219881073742702017-07-11T14:12:00.000-04:002017-07-11T14:13:43.131-04:00Slow Down and Smell the Moose Nuggets<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Finally taking a break on this trip but not by choice. It is 41 degrees and after getting wet for 2 days, I decided to get off the Alaskan Highway and wait it out. It should be sunny and in the near 70's soon again. In the mean time, I found this Hostel in Haines Junction. The sleepy little town is just like the town from the TV series "Northern Exposure". But then, most of the towns scattered along the ALCAN are like this. After two nights in my own tent, I wanted better accommodations but didn't want a standard hotel room although, up here you have to take what you can get. Things can book up fast in the evenings. I found a pretty cool hostel called " Wanderer's Inn". I got there early enough where I had some choices. For 40 dollars I could stay inside in a dorm with bunk beds. They also have an outside cabin/ tent set up dorm style but for a few dollars more, they have a single private cabin/ tent with heat, electricity and a big comfy bed. It even has wifi so I splurged.<br />
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This cabin/ tent has wood floor and sides but the coolest part is the roof is made from a government issue tent from the 1930's era. It was decommissioned and sat until the Wanderer's Inn picked it up and incorporated it in this cabin. Instead of heavy canvas, it is made from thin parachute like material. You can see the tent on the inside but on the outside, it is covered with a tarp to keep out the in-climate weather. As it rained all night, it made the nicest sound but stayed totally dry. I got the best night sleep in awhile.<br />
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Still, hearing the non-stop rain only reminded me that soon I would have to be off and riding in it. I should also explain that although I am still a ways south from mainland Alaska, daylight is prevailing. Sundown is about midnight and sunrise is 4:30am. I've been waking up pretty early.<br />
After morning coffee inside the main house, I came to the conclusion that what is the sense of being a motorcycle nomad if I had to be on a schedule? I'm going to hang out and talk to strangers who will soon be part of my next story. After all, isn't that what life is all about?<br />
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"Downtown" Haines Junction.<br />
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Night before last in Watson Lake, Yukon. Clear sky and 20 degrees warmer. Weather here can change fast.</div>
Bean'rehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03152395256559671922noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753708428627598818.post-86205202342824755752017-07-04T10:17:00.002-04:002017-07-04T10:20:17.083-04:00The road to The Arctic Circle just got longer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Always pushing to go further, I saved up my money for another Alaska adventure but this time I wanted to push the limits and make ut up past the Arctic Circle and up to The Arctic Ocean. Not just to get up there but to do it by motorcycle. And not just the enduro type adventure bikes, but on my chopper. It will be the better part a month endevour. Still, it can't be rushed.<br />
I also wanted to hit some National parks along the way. Yellowstone and Glacier National Park just to name a few. After riding through Yellowstone and making sure Old Faithful is still spewing up, I also carved my name in a 6 foot tall snow bank at one of the passes.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;"> I left the park at the wrong exit though. It was the most direct one for my route but I missed yet another great scenic byway- Beartooth Pass. So this morning I wake up, and decide to turn around, go back into Yellowstone and head east. In a couple of hours I'll be at the north east exit and the beginning of Beartooth Pass. It's adding another day to the trip but hey, good things can't be rushed!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I can't think of a better way to spend my Fourth of July. AMERICA! Oh yeah!</span></div>
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Meet the newest addition to my family. It;s a 1998 Valkyrie with a Champion sidecar. That was the furthist ( no misprint) thing from my plans but once again, that is just how my life happens.<br />
I have been trying to get a sidecar for awhile. They are hard to come by. A Harley sidecar is not cheap and they are rather plain and also difficult to get in and out of. I had to do something soon though, as my time was running out. My plans were to kick off my " Share the Wind" in Digby Nova Scotia at the Wharf Rat Rally in August. That may seem like a couple months away but I am leaving for Alaska in 2 days then catching Sturgis on the way back then straight up to Nova Scotia and The Cabot Trail the weekend before The Wharf Rat. Yep, I needed to do something fast.<br />
That is where this came to be. I contacted a sales ad for the complete rig and asked if he would separate them. He said no so I replied with an offer just in case. back and forth we went till finally I got him to agree to sell the car separate. I went down to Atlanta to buy it and when I seen it in person, I understood why he didn't want to separate it. He had went to a lot of time and trouble to set this up right. I was going to try to attach this sidecar to my chopper and I'm not even sure if it would have worked. I've never seen a long bike with a side hack. This rig was ready to go, safe and secure. It just made sense. I bought the set.<br />
My first sidecar was a Champion almost exactly like this one although it was 20 years older. I though it was the same till I saw it in person. It is a much newer model. It was like they took everything about my old one that I DIDN'T like and improved it in the new model. One of the best things is the entire nose tilts forward making it easily accessible.<br />
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It also has electric tilt so it rides better when it is empty and no rider. It has two different tops, a 5 point mounting system and even a very large steering stabilizer. There is even plenty of room in the sidecar for someone as tall as me!<br />
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As for the bike, it has a 1500cc Goldwing motor. It is a 6 cylinder and even has 6 carbs. I just put 179 miles on it today through The Smokey Mountains and I gotta say, it really performed well.<br />
Now the question is, do I take this rig to Alaska or do I ride my chopper? I got plenty of time to think about it. I'm not leaving till Tuesday ( 36 hours from now.) Monday I'm going whitewater kayaking in the Ocoee River and then I'm packing for the trip. </div>
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What a long strange trip it was. The estimated amount of miles we did right now is 2,678.4 miles. When we translate the GPS recorded miles, it should be higher.<br />
But the important reason we did this was to bring about awareness of ALD and to support <a href="http://www.aidanhasaposse.org/">The Aidan Jack Seeger Foundation</a> and their website <a href="http://www.aidanhasaposse.org/">www.aidanhasaposse.org</a> .You can find out all about ALD at this link<br />
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We are having a raffle to raise money for this, in case you didn't know. The drawing is going to be next weekend LIVE on Facebook- The website - <a href="https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTU2MzY">https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTU2MzY</a></div>
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will be open for merchandise and to take donations but please get your raffle tickets no later than Tuesday morning ( so do it NOW if you haven't already. The foundation is tranfering all the internet ticket sales onto actual ticket stubs and mailing them to me here in South Carolina where I will be drawing a winner LIVE on Facebook next weekend.. The grand prize is this rare David Uhl print, #6 of 9 and yes, it is signed by David Uhl. If the winner would like, I will sign it too.</div>
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Another prize is this <a href="https://www.biltwellinc.com/">Biltwell</a> helmet hand painted by Darren McKeag. It is really amazing!</div>
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Not to be outdone, <a href="http://spectro-oils.com/">Spectro Oils</a> prize packages will go to <span style="font-size: x-large;">eight </span>lucky winners!</div>
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So tune into my Facebook page here <a href="https://www.facebook.com/beanre">https://www.facebook.com/beanre</a> next weekend for the LIVE broadcast of the winners of these great prizes and more.</div>
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And if you don't have your raffle tickets, get there NOW, right here at this link- <a href="https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTU2MzY">https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTU2MzY</a></div>
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Bean'rehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03152395256559671922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1753708428627598818.post-37433274741950818132017-04-09T20:55:00.000-04:002017-04-09T21:51:02.742-04:00New chances to win!!!!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As the news stations in San Diego covered, our mini bike tour cam to an end at Waterfront Park in San Diego on Friday, April 7th, exactly 20 days after we began in Daytona Beach, Florida. I mission for awareness of ALD and support of <a href="http://www.aidanhasaposse.org/">The Aidan Jack Seeger Foundation</a> continues. The raffle for the great prizes will end soon but first let me tell you about another giveaway.<br />
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Berry Wardlaw of Accurate Engineering has decided to donate one pound of bacon ( thick or thin sliced) to the winner who can guess the amount of miles we did added with the amount of flat tires we had. He also will generously donate 100 dollars to The Aidan Jack Seeger Foundation. I will match that as will my partner, Tim "Bacon" Ford, making a grand total of 300 dollars to the Foundation. All you have to do is guess how many miles we rode, and add the number of flat tires we had to that number. This contest is only going to last a couple of days so you better hurry. Like to win more? How about a David Uhl Print?<br />
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This print is our grand prize of our other raffle. It is a rare 6 out of 9 prints, signed and delivered to your address worth over 3500 dollars.<br />
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Second prize is this awesome hand painted <a href="https://www.biltwellinc.com/">Biltwell</a> helmet by legendary Iowa artist, Darren McKeag. It is so cool. I was suppose to wear this helmet for the entire ride but it was such a work of art, I just could not do it. It is brand new in mint condition. It truly is priceless!!!!<br />
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And if all this wasn't enough, how about a brand new set of Metzeler tires for your bike!!!!!!</div>
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To get in on a chance to win these great prizes, click on this website The Foundation has created here</div>
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All the money goes directly to the Foundation. This will be only for a few more days before we draw so DO NOT put off any longer. Don't miss out on these prizes and your chance to support a great cause while being a history making part of Team Bean're.</div>
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Here is what one San Diego news channel had to say about us.............</div>
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Waking up in Calexico, we had about 130 miles to get to San Diego. I pulled what I thought was a new tube from my bag and changed it out my front tire. I even used the C02 cartridges that The Old Bastards m/c gave us at the Payson fundraiser. Problem was, it wasn't a new tube. It had a pin hole and was flat before we left town. I had ride a flat there so I decided I was done fixing flats and rode it all day. I figured this would keep my speed down. My front bearings were also going out and were making sounds like an angry rattlesnake. <br />
Going from sea level up over 3000 ft of hills I thought would be the challenge. what I forgot was what goes up, must come down. The down hill twisty canyon roads were sketchy. If I leaned in the turns, my front tire wanted to wash out. I knew if I ever got it to jump the bead, I would really be doomed. Still, we made pretty good time and kept moving forward.<br />
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Most of the way we were right beside the border. Here you can see the wall. It's not a good wall. I know walls. Believe me, I could build a better wall. I'm not going to tell you how, but you'll see... and it's going to be great.<br />
The entire day we saw more Immigration official in the SUV's. We even went through a few check points again. There was also a lot of signs telling us that human smuggling was a felony. For that reason, we didn't pick up any hitch hikers.<br />
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As we got closer to our destination, it looked like it was smooth sailing. My front tire was getting really warm and felt like it was going to wash out from under me and any second so I stopped to let it cool. Traffic had picked up in the canyon roads too and there was very little shoulder to ride on. We rested for awhile and then I took off down a mountain grade. Tim was behind me but I lost him. I went back and he had went over the handlebars. They were badly bent too. I was concerned until he rolled up his pants leg he had a little owwie that looked like it needed a Strawberry Shortcake Bandaide on his "compound fracture". I ribbed him for the rest of the day and I guess karma had enough and less than a mile from our good friend, Pat's house. the front end came out from under me and I went skidding down the street. Tim got the pleasure of watching. I was just happy that he didn't run over me when I came to a stop.<br />
Now the finish line for us is 25 miles away. It is at Waterfront Park in downtown San Diego. We will be there at noon with the TV news waiting. Come see us!!!<br />
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